TCU Management

Mr. Mark Trotman – PRESIDENT

I have been a member of Teachers Credit Union for 45years. I started teaching at Tranquility Boys Intermediate School, where Teachers Credit Union, as it is now called, was registered. I have served as Assistant Treasurer, Treasurer, Vice President and currently serve as President. While serving has been somewhat demanding at times, it is with great pleasure and satisfaction that I have witnessed the growth of Teachers Credit Union from assets of less than 1 million to assets in excess of 1 billion dollars.

Mr. Ewarth Brathwaite – VICE PRESIDENT

2019 — present: Vice President of Teachers Credit Union and Chair of the Education Committee

2016 — 2018: Treasurer
2014 — 2016: Assistant Secretary
2012 — present: Member of the Board of Directors
2008: Certificate in Credit Union Management, Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies
2006 — 2012: Member and Chairman of the Credit Committee
2005: Elected as an Alternate on the Credit Committee
Tertiary qualification: Diploma in Advanced Business Studies, Hammersmith and West London College, UK.

Mr. Francois Ottley – TREASURER

Mr. Francois Ottley, one of the managers at the Head Office of Teachers Credit Union (TCU), is currently the TCU’s Treasurer. He joined the Credit Union in 1973 and, over the years, has served the Supervisory, Credit and Executive Committees. Mr. Ottley, who became a Credit Union Development Educator in 2015, holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Management and is a Retired Principal (Secondary).

Mr. Joseph Cipriani – SECRETARY

Joseph Cipriani is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of Teachers Credit Union, a position he has held for the past six years. He is also the Recoveries Officer and has been instrumental in the Credit Union continuing to maintain a delinquency ratio of less than the acceptable level of 5% for Credit Unions.

He has served on several Committees of the Credit Union and has been a member for over 40 years.
Mr. Cipriani is a graduate of UWI with a BSc degree in Economics and had spent approximately thirty nine (39) years in the teaching profession most of which were as a Mathematics teacher at the Secondary level.

Mrs. Shirley Sayers-Felix – ASSIST SECRETARY

Shirley Sayers-Felix is at present the Assistant Secretary of the Board of Directors and one of the Managers at Head Office. Mrs. Sayers-Felix joined Teachers Credit Union in 1987 and has served on the Supervisory Committee from 2009- 2012, Credit Committee from 2012 — 2018 and Board of Directors from 2018 to present. She is also a member of the Education and OSHA Committees.

Mrs. Shirley Sayers-Felix, retired Principal Primary, obtained a Masters of Education Degree at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago and recently attained a Certificate in Credit Union Management from Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies.

Mr. Ennis Ambrose – Member
Mrs. Anne Marie Anthony-Darneaud – Member
Mrs. Carol Brown – Member
Mrs. Bernadette Carter – Member
Mrs. Jennifer Cox-Williams – Member
Mr. Arthur Joseph – Member
Ms. Jacqueline Toney – Member

Mrs. Marion Mc Farlane-Trim – Chairperson
Ms. Leslie-Ann La Rode – Secretary
Mr. Christopher Persad – Member

Mr. Kofi Alistair Applewhite – Chairperson
Ms. Joan Carry-Pierre – Secretary
Ms. Maureen Clapperton – Member
Mr. Dexter Anthony Scott – Member
Mrs. Nadine John-St. Rose – Member